Padma Puraana revisited

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Previously, when we were discussing the Padma Puraana verse

(maayaavaadam asach chaastram prachchhanam bauddham uchyate) which

states that Maayaavaada (aka Advaita) is veiled Buddhism, it was

opined by some that the verses in question could be interpolated

because no Vaishnava aachaarya ever quoted them before. I believe

both Ram and Sumeet suggested this possibility.

 

According to my source, this specific verse has indeed been quoted by

Maadhavas in the past. Here is an excerpt of the posting:

 

 

And one would wonder what others were doing when these verses were

being fabricated. Why, Sri Vijayindra Tirtha quotes these verses

(mAyAvAdaM asachChAstraM ..) in response to Appayya Dikshita's

criticism (which should be around 15-16th century) and the latter has

no answer for them. Why didn't the latter simply reply that these

verses were fabricated by you or to be found only in mAdhva (or any

Tulu/kannada) version of the purANa?

 

 

This posted without permission since it is from a public bulletin

board, which is accessible to all. The URL is

http://www.hindunet.com/forum/showflat.php?

Cat=&Board=dwaita&Number=26838&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=5

for those who want to see the entire posting or contact its author.

 

yours,

 

K

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achintya, "krishna_susarla"

<krishna_susarla@h...> wrote:

 

> This posted without permission since it is from a public bulletin

> board, which is accessible to all. The URL is

> http://www.hindunet.com/forum/showflat.php?

>

Cat=&Board=dwaita&Number=26838&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=5

> for those who want to see the entire posting or contact its author.

 

I just realized that the URL as posted might not lead to the proper

place. To get to the exact message, you can go to www.hindunet.org,

click on "forums," go to the forum "Dvaita" and look at posting

#33594 dated 9/1/03 in the thread "Vedanta is Dangerous for a Swollen

Ego" entitled "Truth about Advaita."

 

A word of caution, however. This forum has very little to do

with "Dvaita," as the entire collection of forums is primarily the

playground of fertile mental speculators. Consider yourselves warned.